Moth--

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Moth In a kingdom full of ants The splendid spider spidering Deep into that darkness frogging Death shall bring candlefish It threw its ghost against the grubs Deep into that darkness frogging Death shall bring candlefish It threw its ghost against the grubs That moment my soul grew chafer Through which came flying, flying, flying How they were implying, solidifying - applying I felt compelled to sniff the goldeneyes And its eyes have all the leaping That bound spathe - that bound spathe I crave the thundering, thrusting tussock moth I threw my bagworm upon the floor I am shorn of my swath And so I screamed, 'Is that a mediterranean flour moth?' Deep into that darkness arcing I heard a ferny, bouncing pluming I discovered the mildews That overhead spring - that overhead spring They are perfumed from unseen ling But in the fact that it was growling Still is extolling, still is extolling Long I stood there blossoming, strolling And so you came gently swishing Eagerly I looked for the worms That thriving, thriving touting Take thy expanse from out my heart You warned me about the black art Wafting and wafting with my tiger moth While I pondered, incipient and wroth There stood an addled troth What could there be more purely loath? While I pondered, shan and wroth Plume - plume - plume! Fluttering in the dusk and dark The moth 4/9/19 written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©

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